Vancouver – A pioneering deep-sea mining operation is a big step closer to reality after Papua New Guinea granted a mining lease to Nautilus Minerals (NUS-T) for its Solwara 1 project in the Bismarck Sea.
HudBay Minerals (hbm-t, hbm-n) is looking to venture farther south than it ever has before to acquire its next project. The company has made a friendly $520-million pitch to Norsemont Mining’s (nom-t) shareholders in the hope of nabbing…
When it comes to metals with the best fundamentals, the consensus for 2011 seems to be that copper wins hands down. The industrial metal already rose more than 30% in 2010.”Everybody seems to be bullish on copper and I hate to be a consensus…
In a significant land consolidation move, Duluth Metals (dm-t) has agreed to buy Franconia Minerals (fra-t) for $77 million.A map of the two companies’ claims shows obvious synergies, with Franconia’s land package filling the holes between…
The proposed merger of Inmet Mining (IMN-T, IEMF-O) and Lundin Mining (LUN-T), which both companies describe as a “merger of equals,” would create a large base-metal producer in Canada that would replace those the country has lost in the…
Just four months after making a deal to hold on to its 50% stake, AQM Copper (AQM-V) has its first resource estimate for the Main Zone of the Zafranal project in Peru. The company says measured and indicated resources came in at 301 million…
If you ask Marc Blythe, president and chief executive of Tarsis Resources (TCC-V), there aren’t many companies like his that are looking for new projects in the Yukon.
Vancouver – Metal prices can make or break a project, and in the case of Minera Andes’ (mai-t) Los Azules copper project in Argentina, a stronger copper price has dramatically increased the potential mine’s value.An updated preliminary economic…
An updated estimate has increased the copper-silver resource at the Ghanzi project in Botswana by more than 40% for Hana Mining (hmg-v), providing a solid foundation for a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) due out in February.The new…
Just days before Christmas, NovaGold Resources (ng-t, ng-x) has surprised Copper Canyon Resources (cpy-v) by announcing plans to make an unsolicited takeover bid for the company and its 40% interest in the Copper Canyon copper-gold project in…
Western Copper (WRN-T) says its Casino Gold and Copper project in the Yukon can process more ore than previously believed. The company has been in the midst of updating its pre-feasibility study from 2008 ever since it released a significantly…
Joint venture partners Geo Minerals (GM-T) and Inmet Mining (IMN-T) have resumed exploration drilling on a copper porphyry target at the Middle Mountain property in south-central Arizona. At least two reverse circulation (RC) holes are planned…
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